Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Jesse Osborne, son of William and Deilah (Price) Osborne, was bom in Ashe county, North Carolina, .September 21, 1834, and departed this life in Rensselaer, Ind., July 16, aged 81 years, 10 months and 25 lays. He was united 1 in marriage to Miss Elmina Knight, of Guilford county. North iCaroJina, on Aug. 19, 1855. To this union were bom ten children, four of whom preceded him in death. The following children survive: Alvira J. Wilcox, Mt. Vernon, Wash.; Rebecca M. Querry, .Sidell, Ill.; W. F. Osborne, Rensselaer; Letitia F. Faris, Wenatchee,.Wash.; Rilla V. Kennedy, Columbia River, Wash.; Laura C. borne, Mt r Vernon, Wash. He united, with the Methodist church, when a young man and had remained a faithful Christian until the end. During his sickness he often asked' to have passages of the Bible read to him. In 1865 he migrated to Jasper county, Indiana, purchasing a farm in the then thinjy populated north part of Jasper copnty. He held the office of township trustee for two years in Walker township.